Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez took a record-breaking pole position for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix with a 1’59.941” lap, an astonishing performance that made him the only rider in MotoGP history to lap under the two-minute barrier at the Silverstone track.

Marc’s fourth pole in a row and his sixth this season also extended his all-time record to an incredible tally of 71 poles across all classes. The Championship leader will be joined on the front row by Valentino Rossi in second place and by fellow Honda rider Cal Crutchlow, who qualified in third at his home track.

It was also a positive qualifying for Dani Pedrosa, who overcame the difficulties posed by Silverstone’s bumpy asphalt to advance into Q2 from Q1, and to ultimately record the seventh-fastest lap time, just 6 thousandths of a second off a second-row start.

The MotoGP British GP will start tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. local time.

Marc Marquez

POLE POSITION1'59.941

“I’m very happy with this pole. Honestly, before qualifying I didn’t expect to be able to get below two minutes, but when I put on the soft rear I felt extra grip and was already able to do 2’00.1” on the first run. At that point I understood that I could do better and maybe arrive at 1’59”. I didn’t do a perfect lap—here that’s very difficult as it’s a very long track—but it was a good one and we were able to achieve our target to be on the front row. Anyway, what’s more important for tomorrow is our rhythm, which isn’t bad. Our pace was also good yesterday, but the feeling I had with the bike was a bit worse compared to today. Tomorrow we’ll try to refine a few more details in the warm-up and choose the correct rear tyre for the race. It will be a long, tough one, as several other top guys have a good pace as well, but if everything is fine and we feel good, we’ll go and fight for the podium and, why not, for the victory as well.”

Dani Pedrosa

7TH2'00.578

“We did our best to recover from some very difficult practice sessions, and in the end we were able to improve our situation a bit. We gave 100% in QP1 and managed to move on to Q2 and do another decent lap time, as I was feeling a bit better with the soft tyre. That was the positive part of the day. On the other hand, we weren’t able to work as we wished during the practices, also considering that track conditions were not ideal in FP3, so we haven’t gathered too much data and didn't do many good lap times. We still have work to do to try and improve the bike’s stability a bit more, and we have to decide which tyre to use for the race. We’ll see where we are tomorrow in the warm-up, but in any case, I’ll have to push hard from the start of the race.”

MotoGP 2017Saturday, August 26th 2017

Qualifying
Round 12
British Grand PrixGreat Britain

Qualifying Results

Sunny

Humidity

22%

Track Temp

36°C

Air Temp

22°C

Pos.

Rider

Num

Nation

Team

Constructor

Time/Gap

1

Marquez Marc

93

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

1'59.941

2

Rossi Valentino

46

ITA

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP

Yamaha

2'00.025

3

Crutchlow Cal

35

GBR

LCR Honda

Honda

2'00.106

4

Vinales Maverick

25

SPA

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP

Yamaha

2'00.341

5

Lorenzo Jorge

99

SPA

Mission Winnow Ducati

Ducati

2'00.399

6

Dovizioso Andrea

4

ITA

Mission Winnow Ducati

Ducati

2'00.572

7

Pedrosa Dani

26

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

2'00.578

8

Zarco Johann

5

FRA

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

2'00.622

9

Espargaro Aleix

41

SPA

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

Aprilia

2'00.764

10

Folger Jonas

94

GER

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

2'00.829

11

Espargaro Pol

44

SPA

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

Yamaha

2'01.378

12

Redding Scott

45

GBR

Octo Pramac Racing

Ducati

2'01.994

13

Rins Alex

42

SPA

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

2'01.285 Q1

14

Bautista Alvaro

19

SPA

Pull&Bear Aspar Team

Ducati

2'01.340 Q1

15

Iannone Andrea

29

ITA

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

2'01.567 Q1

16

Barbera Hector

8

SPA

Reale Avintia Racing

Ducati

2'01.669 Q1

17

Miller Jack

43

AUS

Marc VDS Racing Team

Honda

2'01.672 Q1

18

Petrucci Danilo

9

ITA

Octo Pramac Racing

Ducati

2'01.770 Q1

19

Smith Bradley

38

GBR

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

KTM

2'02.017 Q1

20

Abraham Karel

17

CZE

Pull&Bear Aspar Team

Ducati

2'02.037 Q1

21

Baz Loris

76

FRA

Reale Avintia Racing

Ducati

2'02.185 Q1

22

Rabat Tito

53

SPA

Marc VDS Racing Team

Honda

2'02.211 Q1

23

Lowes Sam

22

GBR

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

Aprilia

2'02.787 Q1

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Location Information

The Silverstone Circuit is long, fast and flowing, with a lot of fast changes of direction and a mixture of corners: the stadium section from Abbey through the Loop to Aintree is tight and technical, Woodcote and Copse are long and fast, the Maggotts/Becketts complex a bit of both. It… read more.

Location Information

The Silverstone Circuit is long, fast and flowing, with a lot of fast changes of direction and a mixture of corners: the stadium section from Abbey through the Loop to Aintree is tight and technical, Woodcote and Copse are long and fast, the Maggotts/Becketts complex a bit of both. It… read more.